On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:07:46 -0700, Darren Duncan
<dar...@darrenduncan.net> wrote:

> Tim Bunce wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 08:55:32AM -0700, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> >> On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:52 AM, Tim Bunce wrote:
> >>
> >>> It's back in. I may remove it for 1.615 or, more likely, may leave it out 
> >>> and
> >>> individual developers deal with failure reports on perl 5.13.3+/5.14.
> >> You may “remove it…or, more likely, leave it out”? Huh?
> > 
> > Ug. I meant "may restore it or, more likely, leave it out".
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Tim.
> 
> I suggest releasing DBI *without* the pollute stuff and let the drivers catch 
> up.  The drivers would still work with Perls before 5.13 without changes.  In 
> particular, it will make it much easier to test that drivers are correct if 
> DBI 
> isn't muddling things up by perpetuating the pollution. -- Darren Duncan

Though I mentally support this stand, I'm a bit worried about DBD's
that do not have active maintainers and will suddenly fail when DBI is
upgraded and there will be noone available for a quick fix.

-- 
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